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In just the time it took me to type that (I typed each one, until the word seemed ridiculous, an interloper from another language, or maybe written backwards – nothing that could possibly have so much power):

I should relax my shoulders.
I should strengthen my back.
I should check on the children.
I should pay more attention to the children.
I should do something about my jiggly butt.
I should think of something healthy to have for breakfast.
I should skip breakfast.
I should take the car in today.
I should let today be a relaxed day.
I should organize these papers on my desk.
I should write something real.

The great writers keep writing about the cold, dark place within, the water under the frozen lake or the secluded, camouflaged hole. The light they shine on this hole, this pit, helps us cut away or step around the brush and brambles; then we can dance around to the rim of the abyss, holler into it, measure it, throw rocks in it, and still not fall in. It can no longer swallow us up. And we can get on with things.– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“The only thing that determines whether you are a writer or not is whether you are doing the action of writing. So if you are not writing every day, get back to work.” — My friend Moni